SCREEN FREEZERS

[TIMBUS]

I have a Medion pc, it has a habit of freezing. I try Ctrl-Alt-delete, bit nothing happens. It can happen if the pc has been on all day or only a few minutes, so I donot think it is over heating. I have increased the RAM, taken it to be looked at by a local company as recommended. I have also been told it is the mother board. Any ideas and solutions?

 

[Igorian]

What did your local PC company say?

 

[TIMBUS]

What did your local PC company say?

Possibly replace the motherboard.

 

[holmslaw]

Try removing the old ram and just use the new ram.

 

[TIMBUS]

Try removing the old ram and just use the new ram.

The old RAM was replaced with a new one

 

[breezer]

not running widows 98 is it?

 

[Igorian]

What did your local PC company say?

Possibly replace the motherboard.

You haven't told us much about the machine, so it's difficult to advise. Post back with the machine age & specification and the O/S you are using.

In the mean time,

I would run some housekeeping tasks on the hard drive first to clear off any temporary files that may have accumulated. It might be worth checking the level of fragmentation on the drive.

Next I would run a thorough scandisk to check for and repair any errors. If this proves to be inconclusive, I would download and run the hard disk manufacturer diagnostics, which are available (in most cases) from their website.

However, any repair shop worth their salt would have already performed and eliminated the above. Did they give you a report of what they actually did?

From the information you have provided, it doesn't sound like a motherboard fault, but as I haven't seen the state of the machine...

 

[wanleg]

Last time I saw something similar to this it was the motherboard.

 

[Igorian]

Last time I saw something similar to this it was the motherboard.

Come on, admit it, he took it to your shop, didn't he?

 

[wanleg]

Come on, admit it, he took it to your shop, didn't he?

No cause if he had have done he'd have walked out with a new mobo and a consultancy fee

Seriously last time I saw this was on a second hand ECS board I bought off a mate....I first thought it was graphics card related until I changed it...eventually bought another mobo and problem solved....that was a P3 700 which is still going strong.

 

[stevesey]

Following on from Ignorian's thoughts:

a) Download/install all latest drivers - especially graphics.

b) Disable/disconnect non-essential peripherals one by one.

c) Repair install of windows.

All stuff a half decent shop should do.

 

[TIMBUS]

What did your local PC company say?

Possibly replace the motherboard.

You haven't told us much about the machine, so it's difficult to advise. Post back with the machine age & specification and the O/S you are using.

In the mean time,

I would run some housekeeping tasks on the hard drive first to clear off any temporary files that may have accumulated. It might be worth checking the level of fragmentation on the drive.

Next I would run a thorough scandisk to check for and repair any errors. If this proves to be inconclusive, I would download and run the hard disk manufacturer diagnostics, which are available (in most cases) from their website.

However, any repair shop worth their salt would have already performed and eliminated the above. Did they give you a report of what they actually did?

From the information you have provided, it doesn't sound like a motherboard fault, but as I haven't seen the state of the machine...

THE PC IS A MEDION THE O/S IS WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION PROCSSOR IS AMD ATHLON 3600 PROCESSOR NVIDA G-FORCES FX CARD I HAVE TRIED A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED. THE PC IS 3 YRS OLD. THANK YOU

 

[Igorian]

THE PC IS A MEDION THE O/S IS WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION PROCSSOR IS AMD ATHLON 3600 PROCESSOR NVIDA G-FORCES FX CARD I HAVE TRIED A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED. THE PC IS 3 YRS OLD. THANK YOU

What was the result of the chkdisk (which really wants to be done from the recovery console) and the manufacturer diagnostics? Post the results here.

PS Don't shout.

PPS Why do you think the shops advice is incorrect?